Found 2 items, similar to Cockering.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: cocker
cocker
n : a small breed with a wavy silky hair originally developed in
England [syn:
cocker spaniel,
English cocker spaniel]
cocker
v : treat with excessive indulgence;
“grandparents often pamper
the children”;
“Let's not mollycoddle our students!”
[syn:
pamper,
featherbed,
cosset,
baby,
coddle,
mollycoddle,
spoil,
indulge]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Cockering
Cocker
\Cock"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Cockered; p. pr. & vb.
n.
Cockering.] [OE. cokeren; cf. W. cocru to indulge,
fondle, E. cock the bird, F. coqueliner to dandle (Cotgrave),
to imitate the crow of a cock, to run after the girls, and E.
cockle, v.]
To treat with too great tenderness; to fondle; to indulge; to
pamper.
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Cocker thy child and he shall make thee afraid.
--Ecclesiasticus
xxx. 9.
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Poor folks cannot afford to cocker themselves up. --J.
Ingelow.
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